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2 Timothy 2:22

Flee also youthful lusts: but follow righteousness, faith, charity, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

KJV

τὰς δὲ νεωτερικὰς ἐπιθυμίας φεῦγε, δίωκε δὲ δικαιοσύνην, πίστιν, ἀγάπην, εἰρήνην μετὰ τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων τὸν κύριον ἐκ καθαρᾶς καρδίας.

Greek NT

Juvenilia autem desideria fuge, sectare vero justitiam, fidem, spem, caritatem, et pacem cum iis qui invocant Dominum de corde puro.

Vulgate

But flee youthful lusts, and follow after righteousness, faith, love, peace, with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

ASV

But flee thou youthful desires, and pursue justice, faith, charity and peace with them that call on the Lord out of a pure heart.

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In the original Greek

16 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
δικαιοσύνη
dikaiosune
noun · 92×
διώκω
dioko
verb · 44×
εἰρήνη
eirene
noun · 90×
καθαρός
katharos
adjective · 26×
καρδία
kardia
noun · 156×
κύριος
kurios
noun · 717×
μετά
meta
preposition · 469×
νεωτερικός
neoterikos
adjective · 1×
πίστις
pistis
noun · 243×
φεύγω
pheugo
verb · 30×
ἀγάπη
agape
noun · 116×
ἐκ
ek
preposition · 915×
ἐπιθυμία
epithumia
noun · 38×
ἐπικαλέομαι
epikaleomai
verb · 30×
o
article · 19778×

Themes

Historic Christian voices

5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§2518The sixth beatitude proclaims, "Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God."306 "Pure in heart" refers to those who have attuned their intellects and wills to the demands of God's holiness, chiefly in three areas: charity;307 chastity or sexual rectitude;308 love of truth and orthodoxy of faith.309 There is a connection between purity of heart, of body, and of faith:…

Cross-references

  • 1Chr 29:17 — I know also, my God, that thou triest the heart, and hast pleasure in uprightness. As for me, in the uprightness of mine heart I have willingly offered all these things: and now have I seen with joy t
  • 1Cor 1:2 — Unto the church of God which is at Corinth, to them that are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints, with all that in every place call upon the name of Jesus Christ our Lord, both theirs and
  • 1Cor 1:10 — Now I beseech you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you; but that ye be perfectly joined together in the same mind
  • 1Cor 6:18 — Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
  • 1Cor 6:18 — Flee fornication. Every sin that a man doeth is without the body; but he that committeth fornication sinneth against his own body.
  • 1Cor 9:27 — But I keep under my body, and bring it into subjection: lest that by any means, when I have preached to others, I myself should be a castaway.
  • 1Cor 10:14 — Wherefore, my dearly beloved, flee from idolatry.
  • 1Cor 14:1 — Follow after charity, and desire spiritual gifts, but rather that ye may prophesy.
  • 1Pet 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
  • 1Pet 2:11 — Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul;
  • 1Pet 3:11 — Let him eschew evil, and do good; let him seek peace, and ensue it.
  • 1Thess 5:13 — And to esteem them very highly in love for their work’s sake. And be at peace among yourselves.
  • 1Tim 1:4 — Neither give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which minister questions, rather than godly edifying which is in faith: so do.
  • 1Tim 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
  • 1Tim 1:5 — Now the end of the commandment is charity out of a pure heart, and of a good conscience, and of faith unfeigned:
  • 1Tim 1:14 — And the grace of our Lord was exceeding abundant with faith and love which is in Christ Jesus.
  • 1Tim 2:8 — I will therefore that men pray every where, lifting up holy hands, without wrath and doubting.
  • 1Tim 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
  • 1Tim 4:12 — Let no man despise thy youth; but be thou an example of the believers, in word, in conversation, in charity, in spirit, in faith, in purity.
  • 1Tim 6:11 — But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
  • 1Tim 6:11 — But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.
  • 3John 1:11 — Beloved, follow not that which is evil, but that which is good. He that doeth good is of God: but he that doeth evil hath not seen God.
  • Acts 9:14 — And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
  • Acts 9:14 — And here he hath authority from the chief priests to bind all that call on thy name.
  • Eccl 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things
  • Eccl 11:10 — Therefore remove sorrow from thy heart, and put away evil from thy flesh: for childhood and youth are vanity.
  • Gen 39:10 — And it came to pass, as she spake to Joseph day by day, that he hearkened not unto her, to lie by her, or to be with her.
  • Gen 39:12 — And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out.
  • Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Heb 12:14 — Follow peace with all men, and holiness, without which no man shall see the Lord:
  • Isa 51:1 — Hearken to me, ye that follow after righteousness, ye that seek the LORD: look unto the rock whence ye are hewn, and to the hole of the pit whence ye are digged.
  • Mark 9:50 — Salt is good: but if the salt have lost his saltness, wherewith will ye season it? Have salt in yourselves, and have peace one with another.
  • Matt 5:9 — Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God.
  • Prov 6:5 — Deliver thyself as a roe from the hand of the hunter, and as a bird from the hand of the fowler.
  • Prov 15:8 — The sacrifice of the wicked is an abomination to the LORD: but the prayer of the upright is his delight.
  • Prov 21:21 — He that followeth after righteousness and mercy findeth life, righteousness, and honour.
  • Ps 17:1 — Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips.
  • Ps 66:18 — If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me:
  • Ps 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.
  • Ps 119:9 — Wherewithal shall a young man cleanse his way? by taking heed thereto according to thy word.